ALS in autograph addressed envelope, to Charles Williams of 28 Theobald's Road
Author:
Montagu William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton (DNB), politician and philanthropist
Publication details:
2 October 1892, on letterhead "Ardverikie, | Kingussie, | N.B."
£50.00
SKU: 2415
Grubby and stained envelope addressed to Williams with "With a bag." in top left-hand corner. "The proof of your remembrance of your kind promise to me reached me just as I was leaving London, for a few days in this region. | I place your volumes on the shelves of my humble library with real satisfaction: for I am very pleased to have such a Token of your approval of my enterprize, and of your willingness to cooperate in making it a success. I hope to open - without any "ceremony" - possibly even in this month". Before they begin work he will ask him to visit Rowton House again. The first Rowton House, "a poor man's hotel", opened in Vauxhall in 1892.